Wapping railway station

railway station in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, UK
Place railway_station Q801580
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Wapping railway station

Summary

Wapping railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #161 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wapping railway station is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets[3].
  • Wapping railway station is located in Wapping[4].
  • Wapping railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Wapping railway station's transport network is recorded as London Overground[6].
  • Wapping railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[7].
  • Wapping railway station's instance of is recorded as underground station[8].
  • Wapping railway station's connecting line is recorded as East London Line[9].
  • Wapping railway station is owned by Network Rail[10].
  • Wapping railway station is operated by Arriva Rail London[11].
  • Wapping is named after Wapping railway station[12].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Rotherhithe railway station[13].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Shadwell railway station[14].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Shadwell railway station[15].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Rotherhithe railway station[16].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Rotherhithe railway station[17].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Shadwell railway station[18].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Shadwell railway station[19].
  • Wapping railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Rotherhithe railway station[20].
  • Wapping railway station's Commons category is recorded as Wapping railway station[21].
  • Wapping railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.504167, 'lon': -0.055833}[22].
  • Wapping railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as East London Line, Dalston Junction to New Cross Gate[23].
  • Wapping railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[24].
  • Wapping railway station's connecting service is recorded as Dalston Junction to New Cross[25].
  • Wapping railway station's connecting service is recorded as Dalston Junction to Clapham Junction[26].
  • Wapping railway station's connecting service is recorded as Dalston Junction to Battersea Park[27].

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Geography

Wapping railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include London Borough of Tower Hamlets[3], a London borough[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1965[30] and Wapping[4], an area of London[31], in United Kingdom[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[7] and underground station[8].

History and Context

Wapping railway station is owned by Network Rail[10]. Wapping is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Wapping railway station ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #161 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . markdunne.github.io. Retrieved . markdunne.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . content.tfl.gov.uk. content.tfl.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . content.tfl.gov.uk. content.tfl.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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